Le Cerveau (1969)
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The Brain (Le Cerveau) is a tongue-in-cheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural Oregon highway. David Niven plays The Brain, so named because it was he who mapped out the British Great Train Robbery (it says here). Now The Brain plans to lift a fortune in NATO money, which is being shipped by train from France to Belgium. Complicating matters are a pair of free-lance thugs (Jean-Paul Belmondo and Bourvil), who hope to steal The Brain's plans and claim the money for themselves. A plot device derived from The Lavender Hill Mob involves a 50-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty. An amusing closing-credits bit caps this exhilarating exercise. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Bourvil - Anatole
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Arthur
- Henri Attal
- Yves Barsacq - Le gerant
- Robert Dalban - Belgian with a Cold
- Raoul Delfosse
- Raymond Gerome - Le Commanissaire
- Jean Le Poulain - Man from Fifth Floor
- Fernand Valois - Bruno
- Henri Genes - Le gardien-chef
- Paul Mercey
- John Rico
- Max Montavon
- David Niven - Col. Carol Matthews
- Eli Wallach - Scannapieco
- Jacques Balutin - L'inspecteur Pochet
- Jacques Ciron - L'inspecteur Duboeuf
- Mario David
- Tom Duggan - Le superintendant Cummings
- Fernand Guiot - L'inspecteur Mazurel
- Silvia Monti - Sofia
- Dominique Zardi
- Roger Lumont
- Patrick Prejean
- Arch Taylor
- Sophie Grimaldi
- Director(s):
- Gérard Oury
- Writer(s):
- Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson, Marcel Jullian
- Producer(s):
- Alain Poiré
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